Securing device for bicycles or other articles.



Patented Dec. 5, I899.

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No. 638,353. Patented Dem 5, I899.

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SECURING DEVICE FOR BICYGLES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

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NlTFD LUTHER A. MOOORD, OF LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN T. RODDY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SECURING DEVICE FOR BICYCLES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,353, dated December 5, 1899.

Application filed September 16, 1899. Serial No. 730,788. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER A. MCOORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laurens, in the county of Laurens and State of South Carolina, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Securing Devices for Bicycles or other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are designed to be locked in a closed position to secure bicycles and other articles against removal by unauthorized persons.

It contemplates the provision of a securing device embracing such a construction that a special keyand a coin of predetermined denomination are necessary to operate it, and will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with the face-plate of the body or casing removed. Fig. 2 is a section taken on broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1 with the front plate shown in section in line with the center of the key hole. Fig. 3 is a section taken in the plane indicated by broken line 3 3 of Fig. 1 with the bushing on the face-plate, which is to the right of the plane line, also in section to show the lock-cylinder therein; Fig. 4 is a detail section taken on line 4 4. of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lever. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the lock. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the locking-bolt. Fig. Dis a detail elevation of the face-plate.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A is the body or casing of my improved securing device, which is designed to be connected to the wall of an apartment or to any other support at a suitable elevation.

B is an arm fixedly connected to and extending forwardly from the lower portion of the body or casing. This arm is bifurcated, as shown, to enable it to receive the stem of a bicycle handle-bar and is adapted, when its outer end, as indicated by a, to enable it to close the mouth of arm B and is pivotally mounted in the-body or casing A, .as indicated by 17, whereby it is adapted to swingin a vertical plane. It is provided at its inner end with a toothed segment 0 for a purpose presently described.

As best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the body or casing A is made up of a main section d and a face-plate e. The latter is provided at its lower end witha flange f, designed to rest at the inner side of a flange g on section at, and is equipped adjacent to its upper end with a suitable lock it, the bolt of which takes into a seat in the upper wall of section d. By virtue of this construction an authorized person is enabled to remove the plate 6 and gain access to the interior of the casing for the purpose of removing the coins deposited therein.

D is a coin-chute which extends from the upper side or top of the body or casing A down into the same about the proportional distance illustrated and has its lower end open and also has an arcuate slot t' in its inner side wall j for a purpose presently described.

' E is a lock which is secured to the section 61 of the body or casing A and has a bolt 75 and a rotary escutcheoirplug Z for throwing the bolt, the said plug being arranged in the usual cylinder m, which in turn is arranged in a bushing 11, projecting inwardly from the faceplate 6 of the body or casing A. The lock F is of the ordinary well-known construction, and its bolt 76 is designed to rest in a recess 76' of a securing-bolt M, which is arranged in suitable guides in the casing and is provided at its forward end with teeth 19 and at its rear end with a lateral projection r and a rest .9 thereon. The said rest 5 is designed to extend through an opening in one transverse wall of the chute D and support a coin in said chute after the manner illustrated in Fig. 1.

F is a lever loosely mounted at an intermediate point of its length on the cylinder m of the look. This lever has one of its ends weighted, as indicated by t, and is provided at its opposite end with a lateral projection it, which extends through the slott' into the coinchute D. It is also provided with a cam projection a; at one side of one of its arms, which when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 is designed to engage the lateral projection 0" of the bolt M, and thereby prevent said bolt being thrown forward into engagement with the toothed segment 0 of keeper 0.

G is a coiled spring, which when the bolt M is disengaged from keeper 0 is adapted to raise the outer portion of said keeper.

The lever F is so balanced as to normally hold the projection 14 thereof at the upper end of the slot't' in the wall of the coin-chute. With this understanding the operation of the device will be fully appreciated from the following:

After the handle-bar of a bicycle is arranged with its stem in the bifurcation of the arm B the operator draws the outer portion of the keeper O'down until its end a rests in a position to close the mouth of the bifurcation of arm B, and then deposits a coin of predetermined denomination in the chute I). Such coin drops down the chute and bearing on the projection to of lever F rocks the lever sufficiently to move the cam portion out of the path of the projection r of the bolt M. The coin now bears on the rest 3 of the bolt M and the projection u of lever F, and the bolt is free to moveforward when the escntcheonplug is rotated through the medium of its complementary key H. When the bolt M is thus moved forward, its teeth 19 engage the toothed segment of the keeper and secure said keeper in its closed position. The forward movement of the bolt M releases the coin, which presses the projection to of the lever F down to the lower portion of the slot u and drops past the same into the interior of the body or casing. NVhen the coin drops out of engagement with the lever, the weightt of the lever rocks. the same in a reverse direction, so as to carry the cam portion'v thereof up against the lower edge'of the projection r of the bolt M, and when the said bolt M is retracted to release the keeper 0, the weight '6 further rocks the lever in the reverse direction to carry the cam 42 in front of the projection r of the bolt. Immediately following the disengagement of the bolt M from the toothed segment 19 of keeper 0 the spring G raises said keeper, and the bicycle handle-bar may then be readily lifted from the arm B.

I prefer to provide the face-plate e of the casing A with a three-quarter keyhole w, the said opening being coincident with the escutcheon-plug and so disposed, as shown in Fig. 9, as to limit the rotation of the key both in looking and unlocking the device,and thereby insure the securing-bolt M resting in a proper position subsequent to both its forward and backward movements.

While designed primarily for holding bicycles, I desire it understood that my improved device may be used to advantage in securing hats, coats, and similar articles, in which case the arm B need not be bifurcated or the keeper 0 headed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a securing device, the combination of a body or casing, a support for the article to be secured, a keeper pivotally mounted in the body or casing, a coin-chute, a bolt, for securing the keeper, having a coin -rest 8 adapted, when the bolt is disengaged from the keeper, to extend into the coin-chute, a lever arranged to engage the bolt when said bolt is disengaged from the keeper and having a portion disposed in the coin-chute, and suitable means for moving the bolt subsequent to the disengagement of the lever therefrom, substantially as specified.

2. In a securing device, the combination of a body or casing, a support for the article to be secured, a keeper pivotally mounted in the body or casing, a coin-chute, a bolt, for securing the keeper, having a shoulder, and also having a coin-rest .9 adapted, when the bolt is disengaged from the keeper, to extend into the coin-chute, a lever fulcrumed at an intermediate'point of its length and having one end weighted and its other end arranged in the coin-chute and also having a cam portionv at an intermediate portion of its length adapted to engage the shoulder of the bolt, and means for moving the bolt subsequent to the disengagement of the lever therefrom, substantially as specified.

3. In a securing device, the combination of a body or casing, a support for the article to be secured, a keeper pivotally mounted in the body or casing, a bolt adapted to secure the keeper in its closed position, a coin-chute, a lever arranged to engage the bolt, when said bolt is disengaged from the keeper, and having a portion disposed in the coin-chute, and a lock arranged in the body or casing and having a reciprocatory bolt engaging the keepersecuring bolt, substantially as specified.

4.. In a securing device, the combination of a body or casing, a support for the article to be secured, a keeper pivotally mounted in the body or casing, a bolt adapted to secure the keeper in its closed position and having a recess, a coin-chute having an arcuate slot in one of its walls, a lock arranged in the body or casing and having a cylinder, a rotary plug and a bolt, the latter being arranged in the recess of the securing-bolt, and a lever fulcrumed on the cylinder and having one end weighted and its other end provided with a lateral projection extending through the arcuate slot, and also having a portion arranged to engage the securing-bolt when said bolt is disengaged from the keeper, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUTHER A. MGOORD.

Witnesses:

E. B. FERGUSON, W. U. BALL. 

